economic development

Construction is underway on Oakwood Hills, a Ryan Homes development in Batavia that will feature 56 single-family houses. Homes in the new residential community on the city’s east side will range in size from 1,483 square feet to 2,190 square ...

Hickey Freeman, the iconic Rochester men’s clothier, received an $8.2 million birthday present on Wednesday that company executives and government leaders say will ensure the firm’s long-term viability in a changing tailored clothing market. Luxury Men’s Apparel Group, the parent ...

Monroe County’s industrial development agency, Imagine Monroe, has approved incentives for seven local economic development projects expected to create or retain more than 450 jobs. Home Leasing LLC will collaborate with Episcopal Senior Life Communities to develop a mixed-use project ...

A public hearing by Rochester city officials Thursday morning will take up a signage issue associated with Aldi moving into the former Tops store at 175 Winton Road. The Zoning Board Appeals hearing agenda says attached and stand-alone signs for ...

The Genesee Valley Educational Partnership has been named the Economic Development Partner of the Year by the Genesee County Economic Development Center. The award will be presented at the agency’s annual business meeting March 8. GVEP serves more than 24,000 ...

The Rochester Commissary, a planned incubator for food businesses, Thursday got word of a $982,800 federal grant that will help make the project possible. The grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce is to be used to renovate part of ...

As renovation continues at Sibley Square, innovation, education and incubation are driving the occupancy rate for office and retail space in the storied downtown structure. WinnCompanies, a family-owned real estate development and management firm based in Boston, is immersed in ...

Birnbaum Companies has purchased the four-story building at 125 State St. in downtown Rochester and plans to create moderately priced housing in what has been office space. While the creation of upscale apartments has been the rage in recent heart-of-the-city ...

Grants totaling nearly $4 million secured by M&T Bank will support the construction or rehabilitation of 428 affordable housing units in the Rochester area. The grants for five projects were obtained by M&T through the Federal Home Loan Bank of ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for two projects expected to create or retain nearly 300 jobs in Batavia. Graham Corp. will invest $1.1 million for capital improvements to expand various properties at its Florence Avenue campus. ...

A group of state legislators has introduced bills again to prevent construction of trash incinerators anywhere in the Finger Lakes Watershed, in an attempt to halt Circular energG’s proposed incinerator at the former Seneca Army Deport in Romulus. The legislators ...

Dan Wise, founder and CEO of RealEats in Geneva, likes to say that at 4 p.m. every day, someone in every household in America has to make a decision about dinner. And that decision usually pits healthy against easy. Since RealEats began ...

The Aldi store at 714 Long Pond Road in Greece is being renovated, with completion scheduled for April. Empire Commercial Construction, a division of Taylor — The Builders, has been awarded the renovation contract, which covers an addition, remodeling the ...

Phase Two of the 96-unit Azalea Village has been completed in the Town of Webster and will provide housing to seniors 55 and older. The $21.6 million affordable housing community consists of two identical, two-story buildings. Apartments are available for ...

The creation of the Arbor Creek Townhomes community in the Village of Webster, a Pride Mark Homes, Inc., undertaking, is well underway. The first two phases of townhomes in the 55-plus housing development sold out, and construction continues on soon-to-be-occupied ...